Ice-cream dipper.



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Ammonium FILED ma. 1a. 190e.

Patented June l5, 1909.

FRAN l llliNJAMl N, (ll

TROY, Nl. YORK, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF COPLLAND, OF TRGY, Nlill' YORK.

ICE-CREAM DIFFER.

To all inkom et may concern:

Bc 1t known that l., FRANK BENJAMIN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Troy,

in the county of. Rensselaer and State of N ew York, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Ice Cream Dippers, of which thefollowing is a specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in ice cream dippers, theprimarypbjeet be. ing to provide a device for scoopng ice creamfrom thefreezer or other receptacle, and quickly discharging it from the dipperwhen itis desired to do so. .l

` My invention -further "consists in certainnovel features ofconstruction and combinations of parts which will be hereinafterdescribed and pointed out'in the claims. i

In the accompanying drawings :-Figure 1 is a view in side elevation, thedotted lines showing the position of the handle while ejecting thecontents of the (lippen Fig. 2 is a cross-sectional view. Fig. 3 is adetail of the plunger and cutters.

A, represents a dipper preferably of cylindrical form and of any desiredcapacity. Within the clipper the plunger 1 is iitted. This is preferablyconcavo-convex in form and provided with a plurality of outwardlyprojecting cutters 2, 2, adapted to cut the cream from the walls of thedipper as the plunger is forced outwardly and rotated, As

lintimated, the plunger is not only intended to reciprocate, but also torotate; as a simple means for accomplishing this, it is secured to theinnerend of a stem 3 preferably in the form of a spiral or Archimedeanscrew, which latter is fitted to slide and turn in a sleeve 4 on theback of the dippe'r which affords a guide for the screw. A set screwextending into the sleeve engages the spiral or Archimedean screwwhereby to insure its rotation as it is moved in and out.

The spiral or Archimedean screw is adapted to be reciprocated in anyapproved manner, and as a convenient means of accomplishing this, aspring handle 5 is employed, one end being integral with the clipper,and the oppo- V site end having an elongated slot 6, therein,

to receive the outer end of the spiral or Archi-- niedean screw in whichthe latter turns freely. A thumb piece 7 on the free end of the handleis` ada ted to receive! the operato's thumb Where y `to operate theplunger by 'ressing vupon the thumb piece, and causing t e plunger to,move outwardly within the dipper. v

Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed March 12, 1908.

`flipper preparatory to its use again.

Patented .rune 15, 1909. serial No. 420,567.

The tension of the spring portion of the haudle returns the plunger tothe bottom of the dipper and the parts to their normal position as shownin full lines in Fig. 1.

The device is thus a simple andl inexpensive cne, and yet of itsfunction for the handle not only servos as a means for manipulating thedipper` in scooping the cream from the freezer or receptacle in which itis contained in bulk, but also has the additional function of operatingand controlling the plunger. ln other words, the plunger is forcedoutwardly to eject the cream from the clipper by pressing the handlewhether it be done by pressing the thumb upon the thumb piece, or merelygrasping the handle and squeezing it, and the spring tension of thehandle is sufficient to always withdraw the plunger to the bottomof'ltpc 1c plunger follow the inner cylin` drical walls of the dipperand loosen the cream all the way -out so that it lessens .theresistance, which would otherwise result from a straight outward push ofthe ilunger, and it scoops the frozen cream from t e walls of the dipier.

It will e seen from the foregoing that a simple and very inexpensivearticle is pro-v vided fer use at soda fountains, and ,at res tauran'tsin the dispensing of ice cream. l

Itis evident that more orless slight changes might be resorted to in theform and arrange,- ment of the several parts describedwithcut cutters onthe Vdeparting from'the s}1rit and sco e of Inv invention, and hence donot wis to limit myself to the construction herein set forth,

Having fully described my invention, what claim as new and ters Patent,is

1. An ice cream dipper com risinl a cup provided with an orificethrougliits ottom, a plunger fitted in the eupand having spiral stemwhich passes-out through 4the .oriiiee in the bottom of the cup inposition to be pushed to cause the plunger torevolve and move forward toremove the contents of the cup. l v2. An ice cream dipperlccmrisinoiaepp provided with an orifice throng its'iitdtom,

a plunger fitted in --the .cup and lhaving a spiral stemWhich-passes'out through the orifice in the bottom of the cup inposition to be pishedto 'cause the plunger to remove desire to secure byLets.

'stein which passes out through the orifice in Stem and -pu'shed tocause the plunger to remove the ger to reciprocate und turn in the cup.

the contents of the cup, end Ineens engaging the spiral stein forrotating the stein and plunger as the letter are forced outwardly in thecup.

3. An ice creern clipper comprising e cup provided with an orificethrough its bottoni, a plunger fitted in the cup end having e the bottomof the cup in position. to be pushed to cause the plunger to remove thecontents of the cup, ineens for rotating the lunger as the' letter areforced outwardly .in the cup, sind n handlev connected at one end to thecup and et the other end to lthe outer end of the stem whereby thecompression of the handle causes the plunger to reciprocate in the cup.l y 4. An 'ice cream dipper eoli'nprising e cup. provided with an'orifice through its bottom, a plunger fitted4 in the cup and having estern which passes out through theoriiico in the bottoni of the cup inposition to be contents oi the cup, ineens for rotating the. stein andplunger es the letter nre forced outwardly in the cup,y end a handlecon-y nectedetone end to the cup and at the other end to the outer endof the stein whereby the eompressirm of the handle viruses the plun- 5,lnnn ice cremn dipper, the coinbiinition with n cup having e sleeve onits bottom, it,

spiral Archimedean screw fitted in the sleeve, and avset screw extendinginto the sleeve to thespiral or Archimedeen screw to cause the letter torevolve it is reciproceted, of e handle secured et one end to the cupend its opposite end having the spiral orArohiniedeen or' Arehirnedeali-screw rotatably connected therewith whereby ,as the'hendle isconipressed, the screw. is; reoiproceted end rota.ted,'a.nd e iltihersecured to the opposite end of the's'erew, seid plunger carrying cutterset its outer* edge adapted to traverse the inner wells ol' the cup andscoop the ineteriel therefrom.

In testimony whereof l ellix my signature in presence oi' two witnesses.

FRAN li BENJAIsll N r Witnesses:

(limon V. MANNiNo, Wimmn W, Monninn.

